Bill
Inspector-General of Aged Care (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2023
passed, as at 2023-08-17. Health and Aged Care portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Health and Aged Care
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2023-03-22
- second reading — 2023-03-22
- second reading — 2023-03-30
- second reading — 2023-03-30
- third reading — 2023-03-30
- introduced — 2023-05-10
- second reading — 2023-05-10
- second reading — 2023-08-07
- second reading — 2023-08-08
- second reading — 2023-08-08
- committee — 2023-08-08
- third reading — 2023-08-08
- passed — 2023-08-08
- royal assent — 2023-08-17
Divisions
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2023-03-22.
This bill forms part of a package that creates a new Inspector-General of Aged Care to independently oversee the aged care system.
It makes changes to other laws so the new office and its powers can operate, including coercive information-gathering, secrecy provisions, and penalties.
The Inspector-General would be appointed by the Governor-General for up to five years per term, with a maximum of two terms totalling ten years.
- Amends other legislation to support the new Inspector-General’s establishment and functions.
- Provides for the Inspector-General to compel people to produce documents or answer questions.
- Sets up secrecy offences for unauthorised use or disclosure of protected information.
- Creates criminal and civil penalties for conduct that hinders the Inspector-General.
Commonwealth entities with a role in aged care, older Australians, and anyone subject to the Inspector-General’s information-gathering powers.
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